C2 Sarap Ng Christmas Winners

C2 Christmas Tree Entry

The National College of Business and Arts Fairview‘s Hotel and Restaurant Management Society emerged victorious among the top 10 finalists in last night’s C2 Cool and Clean “Sarap Ng Christmas” Tree-Making Contest awarding ceremony at Market-Market in Taguig City.

C2 Cool and Clean, the country’s pioneering and leading ready-to-drink green tea beverage launched the C2 Sarap Ng Christmas Tree-Making Contest with the aim of bringing relevant and memorable Christmas experience to the youth and young-at-heart.

The top 10 finalist C2 Christmas Trees with an average height of 13 feet are currently on display near the main entrance of the Market Market mall in Taguig.

At Market!Market!, Taguig City

Some of the Top 10 Finalists

“C2 Sarap Ng Christmas” Christmas Tree Making Contest

C2 “Sarap Ng Christmas” Tree-Making Contest Winners

NCBA Fairview, the grand prize winner, received the Php 75,000 cash prize on stage with teary-eyed student representatives who expressed gratitude to the judges for appreciating their craft. Moreover, a Php 30,000 endowment went to the school. A key highlight to their entry was the presentation of a complete table set-up as to be expected from HRM students.

The winning group, composed of 24 students, used 1,211 bottles to decorate their 12-ft Christmas tree .

The National College of Business and Arts Fairview Hotel and Restaurant Management Society bags the top prize

NCBA’s Winning Christmas Tree (foreground) complete with dinner setup

The 2nd prize went to 1st runner-up winner – Philippine Women’s University Student Choir Group – for their brightly-lit rendition of the Christmas Tree with a dominant “C2” at the center. They received Php 50,000 in cash prize and an endowment of Php25,000 for the school. 12 students from the PWU group used 1,200 C2 bottles to build the 12-ft Christmas tree.

Philippine Women’s University Student Choir Group got the 2nd Prize

PWU’s brightly-lit C2 Christmas Tree

The 2nd runner-up winning the 3rd prize of Php 25,000 went to Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila Supreme Student Council (Finalist #3) for their tall entry hhighlighted by a “C2 Star” at the top. The school also received an endowment of Php 15,000. The 12-ft tree used-up  a total of 2000 C2 bottles assembled by about 100 students.

Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila Supreme Student Council got the third prize

PLM’s proud C2 Christmas Tree at night

Criteria

The finalists were narrowed down to the top 10 in the duration of the search where different schools from Metro Manila were invited to build thematic Christmas trees using hundreds of C2 bottles in less than a month.

The C2 Christms Tress from University of the Philippines Artist’s Circle Sorority

The entries were judged based on the following criteria:

• C2 Sarap ng Christmas Theme: 40%
• Creative Execution: 30%
• Technical Execution: 30%

Ms. Viveca Singson, Corporate Communications Manager of JG Summit,  Ms. Cat Velayo, Account Director of PC&V,  Mr. Mark Acosta, Manager of URC Corporate Marketing Services Group, and Ms.Carla Chaves, Marketing Manager of URC Beverages – Tea Category, were among the judges of the said competition.

One of the crowd’s favorite – the creative entry from the University of the Philippines UP Artist Cricle Sorority – unfortunately was not able to get a place in the top 3 probably due to missing the first criteria where the judges were looking for a traditional Christmas tree. Nonetheless, it won the hearts from most of the crowd who got themselves some “selfies” with the attractive pinkish-red tree.

Top 10 Finalists: C2 “Sarap Ng Christmas” Tree-Making Contest

1. Philippine Women’s University University Student Choir
2. University of the East College of Engineering and Recognized Organizations
3. Jose Rizal University Central Student Council
4. University of Makati College of Allied Health Studies
5. University of the Philippines Artist’s Circle Sorority
6. United Architects of the Philippines Graduate Auxiliary
7. Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila Supreme Student Council
8. NCBA Cubao Future Educators Club
9. NCBA Fairview Junior Philippines Institute of Accountants
10. NCBA Fairview Hotel and Restaurant Management Society

The other Top 10 Finalist Christmas Trees

Over all, C2 Cool and Green gave away over Php 200,000 worth of prizes. The other finalists also received Christmas gift packs as consolation prizes.

“C2 has always been at the forefront of supporting the youth and encouraging them to adopt a healthy lifestyle. Through the C2 Christmas Tree Making Contest, we hope to showcase the artistic talent of these young students ..this Holiday Season” says Mr. Edwin Totanes, VP and General Manager for URC Beverage Division.

The winners of the C2 Sarap Ng Christmas Tree-Making Contest

C2 Colors of Christmas

Celebrate Christmas with C2

With the success of C2 Sarap Ng Christmas Tree-Making Contest this 2013, we are sure to anticipate its 2014 run next year. Keep yourselves updated at C2 Cool and Clean Facebook page : http://www.facebook.com/C2CoolandClean.

As the year 2013 closes and we anticipate the upcoming new year of 2014, let us celebrate a healthier and more delicious new year with C2’s latest flavors – C2 Red Tea and C2 Iced Tea – which best fits the holiday season to make us exclaim with more vigor: “Sarap ng Christmas!“

There are like a gazillion of brands and variants of ready to drink bottled green tea drink these days. And most are basically the same until the new Real Leaf green tea with honey caught my attention.

Finally! Someone got one of my favorite healthy ingredient in these bottles.

I actually used to mix a spoonful of raw honey into my breakfast milk as a kid. I use it as a sugar substitute; talk about being health-conscious at such a young age! My mom used to buy boxes of honey bottles from downtown Chinatown in Binondo, Manila.

Honey can basically serve as energy booster, immunity enhancer, and  is a natural remedy healer for a number of ailments.

Real Leaf Green Iced Tea

You don’t just buy these honey bottles off the streets or grocery shelves here in the Philippines. The usual ones are either old stocks or mixed with water and sugar (volume for more profits). My folks have their way of smelling and scrutinizing the authentic and pure ones.

Back to the present, Real Leaf now mixes the natural goodness of honey with the natural green tea leaves. With a dose of theanine (amino acid naturally found in tea plants), add to that the health factors from honey. That’s like double the goodness and double the benefits.

And if that’s not enough to convince you, it further levels-up with three flavors namely Honey Apple, Honey Lemon and Honey Lychee. Choose your pick.

By the way, I’d like to extend my thanks to JP Manahan for allowing me to use his Real Leaf photos of us (above) during my blogosphere thanksgiving swimming party early this year.

The Brewing Process

Being a Cola-Cola product, Real Leaf iced tea boasts of its brewing process which is said to follow world-class standards based on years of experience and expertise of The Coca-Cola System. They are proud of maintaining freshness, quality, aroma and the rewarding benefits of natural tea. The green tea leaves they used are also sourced all the way from the Zhejiang region from the world producer of more than 70% of the total green tea output – China.

Also check Real Leaf‘s ‘real tea-real honey’ deal and online presence in their Twitter and Facebook fanpage.

P10 C2 500ml for Voters

The C2 Green tea brand advocates a cool and clean elections this coming May 10 with their campaign “I keep my Vote Cool and Clean!”. It intends to heighten awareness and encourage Filipinos to vote and promote honest elections.

C2 Cool and Clean Elections!

C2 Green Tea products and some exciting premium items will be made available to voters at C2 booths located in selected voting precincts around Metro Manila on May 10, 2010.

C2 500ml bottles of any flavor would also be available for voters only at P10 in any 7-Eleven and Ministop stores simply by presenting the indelible ink marked on their fingers.

Through the campaign, C2 Green Tea maker aims to empower Filipinos to keep their votes cool and clean while making the voting experience a more meaningful and affirmative experience.

Krispy Kreme Free Orange You Glad Chillers for Voters and KK Friends

Join Krispy Kreme‘s Promo and wait for your corresponding email. On Election Day, bring a print out of the “VOTE” email you will receive (similar to the one below) and visit any Krispy Kreme branch in the Philippines.

Krispy Kreme Encourages Voters!

Present the email print out and show your finger with the indelible ink and enjoy a free Krispy Kreme Orange You Glad Chiller. Let’s DOugh Our Part and Vote!

Noy-Bayani

NoyNoy Aquino

I have also decided to share my choice for president in the person of Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III. In this election, I am giving my vote to the one I believe can make a true change in the government. I decided to choose a candidate who is criticized to lack experience and background but is dedicated to eliminating corruption and has a clear conscience.

Among all the presidentiables, I believe he is the one who will do what he said and fulfill with his best what he promised.

Bayani Fernando

I choose Bayani Fernando for the capabilites he has shown and the changes and improvements he has implemented in Marikina City and the MMDA. A man of action with ideals for a disciplined public society.

For the senatoriables, my longlist include Ople, Hontiveros, Acosta, Cayetano, Guingona, Drilon, Defensor–Santiago, Roco, De Venecia, Osmena (Serge), Tamano, Ocampo (Satur), Lim, Pimentel, and Enrile. Three more needs to be dropped. I still have the weekend to think it through. 🙂

The online community is encouraged to use the #juanvote hashtag for their reports and social comments on May 10, 2010.

In this season of giving and sharing, it is most apt for Universal Robina Corp (URC) to introduce the bigger C2 Cool and Clean Green Tea 1.5L – fit for sharing!

With the familiar refreshing taste of C2, you can now share with family and friends the health-giving goodness of green tea. With the number of parties and dinner celebrations this Christmas, running out of C2 is not a problem anymore.  A single C2 Green Tea 1.5L can serve upto 7 glasses and is priced at  P31.50 (SRP) per bottle.

C2 is brewed from 100% natural green tea leaves and packed with health benefits. It’s also bottled on the same day to lock-in the freshness. C2 flavor variants are Apple, Lemon, Orange, Classic and Sugar-free Apple variants.

The “Best about C2 Life” music-video making contest finals night was an evening of music and finalist video viewing!

Hosts Nikki Gil and Monica Yncierto

C2 Cool and Clean Green Tea’s create-your-own music video competition enjoined crowds with great music last Friday at the SM Mall of Asia Music Hall. The event showcased the creations of the country’s young and talented minds, as well as dynamic performances from some of today’s top bands Sinosikat, Pedicab, Kyla, and Imago.

Kyla

C2 Music Video finals night was hosted by MYX VJs Nikki Gil and Monica Yncierto and aired via the Myx channel Along with the exciting live band performances. Audiences got to watch their top 10 favorite music video entries that featured C2’s Best About Life song by Sinosikat and expressed living life to the fullest through various ways.

The competition drew massive interest and participation through the contest portal in Multiply.com (www.thebestaboutc2life.multiply.com).

Winners

The winning entry “Experience the C2 Life!” (alternate  video source) with the highest score from the judges and the highest number of online votes took home P150,000 in cash and C2 products worth P20,000. It was submitted by the group of Peter Ian Mancao and Angelo Agojo . The group is from Cebu. Included in the team is fellow blogger McBilly.

The winning video:

The 1st runner up received a P100,000 cash prize and P10,000 worth of C2 products, while the 2nd runner up took home P50,000 cash and P5,000 worth of C2 goodies. The other 7 finalists walked away with P10,000 each.

Best About C2 Life - 1st Runner Up

Best About C2 Life - 2nd Runner Up

Here are the links of the other 9 winners:

Sinosikat

• http://thebestaboutc2life.multiply.com/video/item/202 C2_VIDEO_CONTEST_BEST_ABOUT_C2_LIFE_Mindanao_Cagayan_de_Oro
• http://thebestaboutc2life.multiply.com/video/item/70/Ballad_Version_-_Best_about_Life
• http://thebestaboutc2life.multiply.com/video/item/39/The_Best_about_C2_life_0001.wmv
• http://thebestaboutc2life.multiply.com/video/item/220/Best_About_Life_by_Matthew_Baguinon
• http://thebestaboutc2life.multiply.com/video/item/30/100_Best_About_Life
• http://thebestaboutc2life.multiply.com/video/item/159/The_Best_About_Life_by_Barong_Tagalog_Inc.mp4
• http://thebestaboutc2life.multiply.com/video/item/90/Very_Nice
• http://thebestaboutc2life.multiply.com/video/item/54/C2_Life_even_these_tough_times_Pinoy_Style_ver.2_by_REPACOL
• http://thebestaboutc2life.multiply.com/video/item/199/Loving_the_C2_Life

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C2 Cool and Clean Green Tea’s create-your-own music video competition music was inspired by the appeal of online video in today’s generation. It’s theme was celebrating creativity, music and the best things in life, as C2 advocates holistic well-being and encourages consumers to live life to the fullest with simple yet meaningful joys and inspirations. Although it was the night before typhoon Ondoy came, it was memorable for all and the winners. 🙂